Toadally Awesome Pets

08/27/2026

Omg look at these! If you are looking for a frog get one! These get huge and have funny personalities. Just keep your fingers away from the biety end lolol!

08/25/2026

08/25/2026

Sleeping beauties

08/25/2026

Looks like she likes cotton candy!

08/25/2026

Having a good old toe tappin good time!

08/24/2026

It does not matter your age or where you live you can log in and learn about herpetology! This place is Toadally Awesome!!!!

Egg-cellent educational programming for the of all ages and stages!⁠
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Whether you're located within hopping distance of our educational facility in Decatur's Legacy Park or find it more convenient to log in and frog out, AF has a multitude of courses and events for those looking to learn more about amphibian (and even reptile!) conservation! Follow the link below now to view the next 90 days of our in-person and online programming!⁠

https://www.amphibianfoundation.org/index.php/upcoming-af-events
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08/23/2026

Shine Bombina-bright!⁠
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AF's in-person Junior Master Herpetologist classes for ages 12-14 and 15-17 are now accepting registrations for the sessions from Atlanta-area learners for the sessions beginning on August 29 at our educational facility located in Legacy Park! Follow the link below corresponding with your student's age group and sign up now!⁠

https://www.amphibianfoundation.org/index.php/in-person-junior-master-herpetologist-program/in-person-junior-master-herpetologist-program-ages-12-17-fall-2026

https://www.amphibianfoundation.org/index.php/in-person-junior-master-herpetologist-program/in-person-junior-master-herpetologist-program-ages-15-17-fall-2026
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08/22/2026

Yes Giant African Bullfrogs bite. Yes it hurts, Yes, you bleed. 🐸 Estimated bite force: roughly 30–50 newtons (N), or about 7–11 pounds-force (lbf).
Large adult males can produce a particularly strong bite.
They have sharp, tooth-like structures called odontoids on the lower jaw, which can make a bite painful and capable of breaking skin.

08/22/2026

Just had a cardiac ablation yesterday, no amphibian programs until September. Sitting here recoving with Sir Winston.

08/22/2026

The little frog flattened against your window tonight was a different color this morning. It can shift from pale gray to green and back, matching whatever bark or leaf it's clinging to.

The gray treefrog spends its life up in the branches, gripping with sticky toe-pads that work as well on a wet leaf as on your windowpane. What pulls it to the glass after dark is the same thing pulling everything else there: the cloud of moths, gnats, and mosquitoes stacked up at the porch light.

🌧️ It's hunting, and it's good at it — picking off the insects circling the bulb, then climbing back into the leaves before dawn.

Two odd details set it apart. When it leaps, it flashes hidden patches of bright orange on its inner legs — there one instant, gone the next, like a card trick to confuse whatever's chasing it. And it has a twin so physically identical that even biologists can only tell the two species apart by the speed of the trill.

It pays for the winters with a trick few animals share: as the cold comes, it floods its own cells with antifreeze and lets itself freeze nearly solid — heart still, breath still — then thaws back to life in spring.

🐸 A few shrubs or a small tree near a little standing water, and a porch light to hunt by, is the whole of what it needs from you.